Thesaurus results for PONTIFICATE

pontificate

verb

as in to rant

disapproving to speak or express your opinion about something in a way that shows that you think you are always right We had to listen to her pontificate about the best way to raise children.

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Recent Examples of pontificate This is the mark of a visionary—not waiting for consensus, but creating the future while others pontificate about it. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025 Rather than the writer pontificating about how Pfleger needs to retire from active priesthood, how about a better use of his time by advocating the notion that pedophile priests should be retired to jail. —

Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 The actor took it as an opportunity to pontificate about the role the dog plays in the movie and to David Corenswet’s titular character. —

Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025 While others are content to anguish or pontificate over the plight of working San Diegans, Elo-Rivera is tackling the cost of living crisis head-on with his push to pass an ordinance mandating a $25 minimum wage for San Diego’s tourism workers. —

U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pontificate

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Pity those, too, ranting about the impurity of his points.

— Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
In Watsonville, a Pajaro Valley school board member publicly ranted against the Jewish community, and at a Berkeley Unified school board meeting, a mother reporting Jewish slurs was mocked, and subsequently her job information was posted online, the suit states.

— City News Service, Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026